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1. These Regulations may be cited as the National Health Service (Primary Medical Services Section 17C Agreements) (Scotland) Amendment (No. 3) Regulations 2007 and come into force on 30th November 2007.

(a)in the definition of “immediate family member” after “spouse” insert “or civil partner”;

(b)after the definition of “pharmacist” insert–

““pharmacist independent prescriber” means a person–

(a)

who is registered in Part 1 of the register maintained under article 10(1) of the Pharmacists and Pharmacy Technicians Order 2007(3) or the register maintained in pursuance of Articles 6 and 9 of The Pharmacy (Northern Ireland) Order 1976(4); and

(b)

against whose name in the relevant register is recorded an annotation signifying that he or she is qualified to order drugs, medicines and appliances as a pharmacist independent prescriber;”; and

(b)in paragraph 15(6), (7) and (9) (provision of dispensing services)(5) for “or an independent nurse prescriber” substitute, at each place where it occurs, “, an independent nurse prescriber or a pharmacist independent prescriber”;

(c)in paragraph 27(3)(a) (arrangements for GP registrars) for “Health Boards under 17E(3A) of the Act” substitute “NHS Education for Scotland”(6);

(d)in paragraph 28(1) and (2) (independent nurse prescribers and supplementary prescribers) for “or a supplementary prescriber”, at each place where it occurs, substitute “, a supplementary prescriber or a pharmacist independent prescriber”.

(4) In Schedule 3 (agreements to provide additional services)–

(a)in paragraph 4(2)(a) (vaccinations and immunisations)(7) and paragraph 5(2)(a) (childhood vaccinations and immunisations) for “was provided for under the 2003-2004 Statement of Fees and Allowances made under regulation 35 (payments) of the National Health Service (General Medical Services) (Scotland) Regulations 1995” substitute “is provided for in directions given under section 17M of the Act”; and

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